Some videos to draw inspiration for your projects

Here I'm including some videos from which you can draw inspiration to your projects. There are some of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era that can be useful to review for the exam. I'm also including some projects other students did about Spain's history some years ago. There are some really good. I hope you can do as good projects as they did.

FRENCH REVOLUTION

SPAIN'S HISTORY

- This video was made by Enrique Manzanares, Carlos Rivas and Miguel Bustamante:

- This one was made by Gema Ortiz, Pilar Quirós and Juan Iniesta:

 

- And this is a work of art made by Roxana Marica, Andrea Balaban, Juan Iniesta and Cristina Mínguez. They worked really hard and made a really complete and original project:

 

And here you have the link to Educanon website:

http://www.educanon.com

To use it, you have to create an account, upload the video to Youtube and then start including the questions. We'll have a practical lesson soon,

Tuesday, 26th January 2016

Hi, it's Andrei. Let's try to review what we have done today in class of Social Sciences!

At the beginning of the lesson ,  we have had a look at the projects of 2nd of eso. Paqui was very happy because most  of the projects are very well done! These projects are about the Middle Ages. Juan Diego's project is one of the best. 

Later, we've revised the Revolution of 1830. Here you have a chart to check it.

Source: My notebook.

Then, Paqui has explained us the  1848 Revolution . This revolution  is also called "The springtime of the people" It started in France and extended throughout almost all Europe:

• In Central and Eastern Europe. They fought for the elimination of absolutism and serfdom.

• In Western Europe. They fought for democratization of the liberal regimes.                                                            

                  Source:http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/history/1848/revolution_of_1848.html 

• In France the revolution was inspired on democratic liberalism. This revolution was driven by nationalists and republicans. People dethroned Louis Philip I and the 2nd Republic was proclaimed.

• In Austrian Empire, Poland, Italian and German States, Danmark...  It  had some consequences, These consequences were the establishment of conservative liberal regimes in Piedmont-Sardinia and Prussia and the Emperor's abdication and Metternich's resignation in Austria. 

• The nationalist revolutions in the Austrian Empire and the German Confederation failed.  

                   Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutions_of_1848

                                               

                                                                Barricade on the rue Soufflot 
As a consequence of these revolutionary waves Congress of Vienna system disappeared. These changes were:

--- Consolidation of the liberal regimes and beginning of a slow democratization.

--- Prussia and Piedmont-Sardinia became stronger and led the unification processes of Germany and Italy.

Only in the  Russian and Ottoman Empire situation continued to be immovable.

At the end of the lesson Paqui has explained us about José Mujica. He was the president of Uruguay for 8 years. He was a normal person who didn't change his way of life when he became president. José didn't want to live in the palace, so he went to Montevideo every day. He received a salary and was criticized by people. 

Source: http://www.nacion.com/mundo/latinoamerica/Uruguay-prepara-condiciones-consumir-marihuana_0_1412059000.html

                                 Look at this video -->     https://youtu.be/R4AEUcLUkd8

NEW VOCABULARY:

Neutral- neutral

Serfdom- servidumbre

Resign- dimitir

Resignation- dimisión

Stand- aguantar

Compatible- compatible

Deserve- merecer

Overalls- mono de trabajar

SEE YOU TOMORROW! 

Monday, 25th, January, 2016

Hello! I'ts María. Today in class of Social Sciences we have studied the next contents:

First, we have done a review, spoken about liberalism (those who supported this thought that humans are born free and with some rights guaranteed by the State, and they are agree with the division of powers) and nationalism (political ideology that defends the right of the peoples to decide by themselves and form independent states).

Then, we have learned about the revolutions of 1820, 1830 and 1848 in Europe. The ideas that caused the revolutionary waves were the following:

            - in absolutist States, end the Ancien Régime and establish liberal regimes. When this was achieved,                  democratization became the main demand. 

            - the peoples submitted to the big empires fought to create independent states (nationalism).

Source: http://www.etownschools.org/cms/lib/PA01000774/Centricity/Domain/629/European%20Revolutions%20of%201820s%201830s101.pdf

Paqui has made a chart in which she explained the revolutions in 1820:

SPAIN--> Development: liberal uprising. Consequences: liberal regime, but return to the absolutism in 1823.

PORTUGAL-->Development: liberal uprising. Consequences: liberal regime, but absolutism came back                                 years later.

PIEDMONT-SARDINIA AND NAPLES-->Development: liberal uprising. Consequences: failed.

GREECE.-->Development: nationalist uprising. They got the support of the Uk and France. 

                -->Consequences: 1829-Independence, 1832-Monarchy.

RUSSIA-->Development: in 1825 the decembrists revolted to establish a liberal regime. Consequences:                     crashed by tsar Nicholas I.

SPANISH COLONIES AMERICA-->Development: the revolt had started during the Peninsular war. It                                                             was both a nationalist and liberal revolt. Consequences: by 1824                                                                   almost all the colonies became independent republics.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

We have started in class another chart of the revolution in 1830, that happened in:

 -France (with the approval of the constitutional monarchy).

 -United Kingdom of Netherlands (the Belgians became independent and established a constitutional                 monarchy).

 -Poland (nationalist revolt crashed by Russia).

 -Italian Peninsula (crashed by Austria).

 -German Confederation (repressed by Austria and Prussia).

 -Spain (a constitutional monarchy was stablished and the reforms that ended with the Ancien Régime).

 -United Kingdom (a consequence of the trade unions pressure, Reform Act in 1832).

Source: www.slideshare.net

NEW VOCABULARY:

-Current: actual.

-Budget: presupuesto.

-Pole (noun): polaco.

-Polish (adjective): polaco.

-Barricade: barricada.

-Tsar: zar.

-Power vacuum: vacío de poder.

-Succeed: tener éxito.

-Fail: fracasar, suspender (school)

-Decembrist: decembrista.

-Trade union: sindicato.

Thursday, 21st January 2016

Hello, it's Lucía again. Today it's my turn to do the journal, so let's try to do it well!

At the beginning of the class, we have revised the Congress of Vienna and its corresponding scheme we did on Tuesday. The main conclusions are:

– They restored absolutism after the exile of Napoleon to Elba.

– They reorganised de map of Europe. For example, the German Confederation was created, having 39 states, Poland and Finland became part of Russia and Norway, which added to Sweden

– They created the Holy Alliance.

Here you have the map that Paqui uses in class:

Source: zonu.com

Later, Paqui has started to explain the creation of two different alliances which had the purpose of defend. The first of them is The Holy Alliance, that I've named before. This alliance was formed by Russia, Austria and Prussia and it tried to preserve absolutism and religion and stop the revolutions in Europe.

But, as the United Kingdom didn't agree with their purposes, they created the Quadruple Alliance, formed by the members of the Holy Alliance plus the United Kingdom; Austria had under its power central Europe, Russia had Eastern Europe and the United Kingdom controlled the seas routes and some islands.

These men are the leaders of the Holy Alliance.
Source: russiannobility.org

Source: pinterest.com
This photo shows the similarities of the Congress of Vienna and the fall of Napoleon, because when he came back from Elba and the Hundred Days Empire started, the Congress was taking place.

But despite these alliances, they couldn't stop the revolutionary ideas so after the Congress two new ideologies spread out.
LIBERALISM:
It’s an ideology that defends that humans are born free and with some rights guaranteed by the State (Social Contract). They agreed with the division of power (but power belonged to the citizens, who chose their representatives). The State couldn't intervene in economy.
The main trends in this ideology were:
– CLASSICAL LIBERALISM: only those who had a good level of wealth or owned properties couldvote (Census Suffrage)
– DEMOCRATIC LIBERALISM: everybody was equal before the law and could vote. (Universal Suffrage).

           

              

Sources: redstateeclectic.typepad.com & www.dailystormer.com

NATIONALISM:
It defended the right of the nations to decide by themselves and form independent States.
The main two conceptions of nation:
                – CONSERVATIVE OR EXCLUDING: they accepted only those who share some common features, like for example language or the "race". (The concept of race in humans doesn't exist, remember this and spread it, please, you're helping to create a better world ♥♥).
                – PROGRESSIVE OR INCLUSIVE: they accepted all those who want to belong to the nation, if they accepted its laws.
Unfortunately, the predominant one was (and is) the excluding or conservative.

Source: www.amherstschools.org

In the 19th century, several peoples submitted to the big Empires (Russian, Austrian and Ottoman) tried to form independent States based on the conservative or excluding model.
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NEW VOCABULARY HERE!
Attend: asistir.
Cape Colony: Colonia del Cabo.
Ceylon: Ceilán.
Quadruple Alliance: Cuádruple Alianza.
Balance of Powers: equilibrio de poderes.
Threaten: amenaza.
Turncoat: chaquetero.
Snatch: arrebatar, quitar violentamente.
Trend: tendencia.
Wealth: riqueza.
Classical Liberalism: Liberalismo clásico.
Democratic Liberalism: Liberalismo radical o democrático.
Self-determination: autodeterminación.
Adress to the German Nation: Discursos de la nación alemana.

AND THAT'S ALL FOLKS! ♥

Tuesday, 19th January 2016

Hi mates! It's Irene! Let's see what we' ve studied today in class,

Paqui has explained us about the following project that we have to do; we must do 4 videos including 5 questions in each one (6 in case of the last topic). This work is really too easy, we just have to explain the main topic helping with drawings about it. Te main topics are:

-Congress of Vienna
-Revolutionary ideologies
-1820, 1830, 1848 Revolution
-Unification of Italy and Germany (this video must include 6 questions, 3 about Italy and 3 about Germany)


DEADLINE-> 15th FEBRUARY

We can use websites like "Educanon" or programmes like "Windows Movie Maker "to edit our videos.
Here you have some ideas of videos:

Syria's War in 5 minutes: you can use maps and color them
The French revolution: Stop Motion is creative but harder
Enligthtened thinker's: this video is just what Paqui wants

or you can use images from Google, record the process drawing your pictures or use gifs! Good luck!


After the project we have started with second point of the unit, the Congress of Vienna.
We have studied the people who participated in the Congress of Viena, the decisions of the Congress, the main changes of the map of Europe and we have compared the differences between Europe during Napoleonic Empire and Europe after the Congress; we have copied the structure of this new scheme and we have to complete it for homework

                               CHRONOLOGY-> 1814-1815
                                       

CONGRESS OF   WHO PARTICIPATED?-> Talleyrand
    VIENNA                                                           Duke of Wellington
  (1814-1815)                                                         Gómez de Labrador                
                                     

                               MAIN PROBLEMS-> Hundred Years Empire
                                                                       Solution: Battle of Waterloo

                                                                       
                                                                          Restoration of absolutism
                               MAIN DECISIONS-> Reorganization of the map of Europe* -France
                                                                                                                                 came back                                                                                                                                                  to its bordies in 1791
                                                                                                                                -Two buffer states

                                                                          Creation of the Holly Alliance to stop revolution


                               CONSEQUENCES


* we have just studied these two points

                                             Europe during Napoleonic Empire

                                       
                                             Europe in 1789

VOCABULARY

SCROOGE- tacaño
BUFFER STATE- estado tapón
RHINELAND- Renania
SAXONY- Sajonia
EDIT- editar

Presentations for the project of the Restoration and the unifications

Here you have the presentations you will need for the project and to complete your schemes. When I have some more time, I'll write a post with the links to insert the questions in the videos.

Monday, 18th January 2016

Hi !

Today in Social Sciences, we have studied the Consulate, the Coronation of Napoleon, the Napoleonic Empire, the French Ivasion of Russia, the End of the Napoleonic Empire and the Legacy of the French Revolution.

The Consulate was the new government of France from the fall of the Directory with the coup of Brumaire in 1800 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire in 1804. Napoleon became First Consul of a triumvirate (together with Ducos and Sieyès). In 1802 Napoleon became the only Consul for life, and in 1804 he decided to crown himself Emperor.

The three Consuls

Napoleon as First Consul

His popularity was huge due to his military success against his enemies. Many European territories became part of his Empire and other kingdoms were allies. Only Great Britain and Portugal challenged his power.

The Napoleonic Empire

In 1805 Napoleon established the Continental Blockade: Buying or selling products to Great Britain was forbidden. Portugal and Russia defied this order. Napoleon planned the invasion of Portugal first and the invasion of Russia later.

The Russian Campaign was a complete disaster for the Napoleonic Empire. The extreme cold, the scorched-earth tactics and the guerrilla warfare practiced by the Russians obliged Napoleon to order the retreat, after losing 500.000 soldiers (only 120.000 out of 600.000 soldiers came back).

Napoleon's Retreat from Russia

The Imperial Army was defeated by the coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden in the Battle of Leipzig. After the invasion of France, Napoleon was obliged to abdicate in April 1814 and he was banished to the Island of Elba.

Island of Elba

In March 1815 Napoleon came back to France for a short period (100 days). A new coalition was formed to stop him. Napoleon tried to invade the Low Countries, where the troops of the Seventh Coalition were concentrated. The imperial troops were defeated by the coalition of a British, Dutch and Germans led by the Duke of Wellington. After his defeat Napoleon was exiled in the island of Saint Helena, where he died in 1821.

Island of Saint Helena

The French armies spread the ideas of the French Revolution (freedom, equality, end of privileges, absolutism and feudalism, division of powers, right to vote for the citizens) throughout Europe. Although the Napoleonic army was defeated, these ideas remained.

Legacy of the French Revolution

Vocabulary.
Commander in chief: comandante en jefe.
Grande Armeé: Napoleonic Army.
In command: al mando.
Surrender: rendirse.
Withdraw: retirarse.
Withdrawal: retirada.

For homework we have to summarize the Napoleonic Empire and the legacy of the French Revolution.

14th January

Hi, I am Carlota

Today in sociales class, Paqui has begun to review everything that we saw yesterday.
After she has given us a video of Napoleon.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOki3qAZe4g

And then we discussed the video and paqui explained us all the words that we did not understand and explained the content of the video.

18TH BRUMAIRE 1799: BONAPARTE´S COUP D'ÉTAT.

Napoleon was charged with the safety of the deputies. Three directors resigned and the deputies, intimidated by the troops, voted the dissolution of the Directory and the constitution of a new goverment: the Consulate.

Napoleon

Paqui after he has gone on the consulate.

CONSULATE (1800-1804)

This was also divided into two periods:

1800-1802: TRIUMVIRATE: three consuls, with Napoleon as First Consul. In fact he heid all the power.

1802-1804: Napoleon was proclaimed First and Only Consul for Life.

-New Constitution (Year III)

-Restablishment of public order: end of absolutist conspiracies and popular protests.

-Concordat with the Pope

-Administrative reform

-Napoleonic Code: Civil Code which consecrated achievements of the revolution.

                  

CORONATION OF NAPOLEON

In April 1804 the Senate approved the conversion of France into an Empire.

In December 1804 Napoleon crowned himself as Emperor of the French.

                                     

THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE

The French armies defeated many European countries and made them part of the French Empire. Only Great Britain and Portugal defied Napoleon's power. In 1806 Napoleon ordered the Continental Blockade against Britain.

                         

FRENCH INVASION OF RUSSIA

The extreme cold, the scorched- earth tactics and the guerrilla warfare practiced by the Russians obliged Napoleon to order the retreat, after losing a lot of soldiers.

                                        

VOCABULARY

Coup d'État: golpe de estado

For life: vitalicio

Napoleonic Code: código Napoleón

Continental Blockade: bloqueo continental

Warsaw: Varsovia

Guerrilla Wafare: guerra de guerrillas

Scorched- earth tactus: táctica de tierra quemada

Retreat: retirarse

Concordat: concordato (treaty between a State and the Holy See, that includes treatment Catholic religion will recieve in that country.

Holy See: Santa Sede